Winemaker Notes
Altocedro Malbec Ano Cero is a La Consulta-terroir driven Malbec that is fresh, fruit-forward, and easy-to-drink.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Altocedro's 2010 Malbec Ano Cedro (100%) was fermented with indigenous yeasts and was bottled without fining or filtration. It saw 30% of the wine aged for 8 months in French oak. Smoke, mocha, pepper, lavender, and spicy black cherry fruit are some of the elements informing the nose of a fruit-filled, ebullient, nicely balanced Malbec that is an excellent value meant for drinking over the next 5-6 years.
Most distinguished and celebrated from Argentina’s Mendoza, Malbec has seen runaway success since the early 2000s. Mendoza’s agreeable, continental climate with hot, dry summers and cold snowy winters allows the perfect conditions for growing outstanding Malbec. This grape is easy to like for its lusty, deep flavors and aromas of blackberry, plum, red cherry, autumn spice and tilled earth. It’s easy to find delicious, fruit-driven, affordable everyday examples and in prices beyond, quite exceptional ones with dense, supple textures that make them capable of aging.
OMW14360_2010 Item# 115063